Appeals Court presiding judge denounces anomalies in the use of Judicial Branch resources

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A presiding judge of a National District Appeals Court has requested the Chamber of Accounts audit the Council of the Judiciary, the administrative and disciplinary entity for the Judicial Branch of government. She wants the auditors to look for alleged misuse of funds. She complained that while courts are under disrepair causing major inconveniences and there are no funds for the judicial workers, there is money to pay so that adult children of those in higher-up positions benefit from international insurance, there is an abundance of premium airfares covered by the judicial budget, and there is money to pay for expensive advisors, as reported in Diario Libre.

Ysis Berenice Muñiz Almonte, the presiding judge of the Second Chamber of the Appeals Court of the National District, has requested an “exhaustive audit” from the Chamber of Accounts to the Council of the...

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